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W. H. MILLER. HBRoUs PACKING FOR STEAM BNGNBS.

No.. 64.688.A Patented May Y14, 1867 ma wams Pneus cm now-mnu, wAsmNcmm n u,

WILLIAM -H. MILLER, 0F PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

l Letters Patent No.- 64,688,1date'l M'af/ 14, 1867,

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To ALL WHoM 1T MAY eoNcnRN;

Be it known that I, WILLIAM HARTLEY MILLER, ofthe city of Philadelphia, and' State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful improvement in Stuing-Box Paking; and do hereby declare that' the following is a.full, clear, and exact description of 1;l1e'sa .i.ne, reference being had to vthe annexed drawings makinga part of this specificatiom in whichv E represents a piece of my improved packing.

My invention-consists of a packing of hemp, cotton, or other fibrous material, made into a, single' strand, in the form of harl or roving, and covered with a. muslin or braided cover. I

I form the hurl or roving of any required diameter and length, in th'e usual manner, and then cover this roving withal muslin cover, or by means of a herding machine with a. braided cover.

Having thus described my invention, I claim, and desire to secnrehby Letters Patent, as a new article of manufacture* e l A packing, consisting of a. hemp, cotton, or other fibrous filling, made into the form of a. bsrl or roving, and covered with a brous cover, substantially as described.

WM. HARTLEY lVIILLl'sR. Witnesses:

M. TUFT, E. H. TRUMAN 

